Unattended cooking causes fire

EL CAJON  Food left cooking on a stove was the culprit of a midnight fire at an apartment on Wisconsin Avenue near Chambers Street in El Cajon, Heartland Fire reported Sunday.

Responding to a neighbor’s call, firefighters from Heartland Fire and Cal Fire arrived at 11:51 p.m. to find flames coming from the kitchen, fire officials said. They extinguished the fire by 12:28 a.m.

No one was home when the fire started, fire officials said. No injuries were reported.